English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Gt Marsh

Field in the Parish of Affpuddle

Historical Forms

  • 1838 TA

Etymology

Gt Marsh(cf.(Pallington) Marshe 1590, the Mars(s)he, le Mars(s)he 1593,1612, the Marshe Dytche(s), le Marshe Dytche(s) 1591, 1592, Marshe Barres 1591, v. mersc,dīc, barre, cf. Pallington supra)